Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)

Compared 2 processors: Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100), vs Apple A18 Pro (MacBook). Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100) and Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
975
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
6897
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
96
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
169
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
646
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
702
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
2123
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X (X1-26-100)
10521
Apple A18 Pro (MacBook)
n/a
File Compressionn/a1050 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a58.1 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a201.6 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a214.8 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a318.8 pages/s
Background Blurn/a41 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a91.5 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a9.18 MP/sec

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 350.7 PPW 922.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 21.5 PPW 70.2 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Qualcomm Apple
Announced January, 7, 2025 September, 9, 2024
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture ARMv9 ARMv9
Codename Snapdragon X Apple M4
Model number X1-26-100 APL1V07
Integrated GPU Qualcomm Adreno X1-45 Apple A18 Pro GPU

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 2
Threads 8 2
Frequency 2.98 GHz 2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) n/a 4.05 GHz
Efficiency cores
Coresn/a4
Threadsn/a4
Max Frequency (Turbo)n/a2.42 GHz
General
Cores count86
Threads count86
Multiplier29x40x
L1 cachen/a192 KB/core
L2 cache1536 KB/core16 KB/core
L3 Cache6 MB totaln/a
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Process tech. 4 nm 3 nm
Power (TDP) 15-30 W 10 W
Socket Custom Custom

Memory Support

Memory Type LPDDR5X-8448 LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 64 GB 8 GB
Channels 8 4
ECC support No No
Max memory bandwidth 135 GB 60 GB

Other

PCIe Version 4.0 n/a

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Apple A18 Pro (MacBook) the clear winner in this comparison.

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